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• Plane linked to NASCAR's Greg Biffle crashes after takeoff

  18-12-2025 20:25 via yahoo.com
  A plane linked to well-known NASCAR driver Greg Biffle crashed Thursday, Dec. 18, in Statesville, North Carolina, resulting in reports indicating multiple fatalities. The plane is a Cessna C550 business jet, according to a Daytona Beach News-Journal report.A WBTV (Charlotte, North Carolina) report read:"A plane crash at an airport in Iredell County resulted in multiple deaths on Thursday, the sheriff confirmed."The Cessna C550 airplane crashed at Statesville Regional Airport around 10:15 a.m. on
  
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• Joey Logano Is Having the Worst Season of His NASCAR Career

  14-06-2026 22:11 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  For most of the last decade, Joey Logano has been one of NASCAR’s constants.The Team Penske driver has collected three Cup Series championships, a Daytona 500 victory, and almost 40 wins while building a reputation as one of the sport’s most relentless competitors. Even in seasons when he wasn’t the fastest driver every week, Logano almost always found a way to put himself in position when the championship picture came into focus.That’s what makes 2026 so surprising.After
  
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• Tony Stewart calls public reaction to Kyle Busch’s death ‘frustrating’

  14-06-2026 19:18 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Tony Stewart is not happy with the way some people have reacted to the death of Kyle Busch.The former NASCAR driver, who won three Cup Series championships, was asked by a reporter a few days ago ahead of an NHRA race in Bristol, Tennessee about how Busch should be remembered. Instead of offering a personal anecdote or description of what kind of man and driver Busch was, Stewart embarked on a rant about how angry he is about how people are talking about Busch now.Put more simply, the 55-year-ol
  
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• Pocono Sellout Extends NASCAR Trend That’s Becoming Impossible to Ignore

  14-06-2026 19:06 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Not long ago, NASCAR attendance stories often focused on shrinking crowds and grandstand reductions.Now the conversation looks very different.Pocono Raceway announced Saturday that Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race is officially sold out, extending a streak that has quietly become one of the sport’s most encouraging storylines. The sellout marks Pocono’s fourth consecutive Cup Series sellout and NASCAR’s fourth straight Cup Series sellout overall following Charlotte Motor S
  
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• NASCAR at Pocono starting lineup for 2026 Great American Getaway 400

  14-06-2026 18:43 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Pocono Raceway in Pennsylvania on Sunday, June 14, for the Great American Getaway 400. Kicking off the race in the pole position is Denny Hamlin in the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.Kyle Larson will start in second place, with Daniel Suarez, Ty Gibbs, and Chase Briscoe rounding out the top five.MORE: Caitlin Clark reflects on nerve-wracking Indy 500 experienceSunday’s race is set to begin at 1:00 p.m. ET on Prime Video, after the start time was mov
  
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• NASCAR starting lineup for Cup Series race at Pocono in June 2026

  14-06-2026 18:33 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Joe Gibbs Racing will lead the NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup for the race at Pocono Raceway in June. Denny Hamlin won the pole for the 2026 Great American Getaway 400 at Pocono this weekend. Kyle Larson will join Hamlin on the front row for Sunday afternoon's event. It is Hamlin's third pole position of the 2026 season.Daniel Suarez and Ty Gibbs will follow the two drivers on the second row. Most notably, Christopher Bell, Chase Elliott, Ross Chastain, Carson Hocevar, Connor Zilisch, Shane v
  
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• NASCAR Cup Series returns to Pocono Raceway—Here’s how to watch for free

  14-06-2026 17:30 via sports.yahoo.com
  
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  A chance of rain in the area won’t stop NASCAR from racing today’s tilt at Pocono Raceway.Today’s Great American Getaway 400 takes place at one of NASCAR’s more unique tracks; Pocono Raceway’s 2.5 mile circuit is a triangular oval with three distinct points. Because of that, it’s also referred to as the “tr
  
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• Multiple Chase hopefuls caught up in Stage 2 wreck at Pocono

  14-06-2026 16:42 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Another curveball struck those around the current Chase bubble Sunday afternoon at Pocono Raceway as Brad Keselowski, Shane van Gisbergen, Bubba Wallace, Christopher Bell and Joey Logano were all caught up in a multicar wreck down the frontstretch during Stage 2.Running three-wide off Turn 3, Shane van Gisbergen and Josh Berry made contact before Austin Hill made it three-wide on the bottom, the stack-up ultimately forcing the No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford into the wall. A chain reaction ensu
  
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• Three in a row! Denny Hamlin wins Cup Series race at Pocono

  14-06-2026 15:54 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Denny Hamlin passed Christopher Bell with five laps to go, using fresher tires and his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate’s fuel savings, to win Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway.Hamlin won for the third time in a row — the first time he’s completed that feat in his storied career — and earned his fourth of the 2026 season. It’s his 64th in the Cup Series, and he made another significant cut into Tyler Reddick’s points lead.RELATED: Unofficial res
  
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• Running recap: Gilliland stretches fuel for Stage 2 win at Pocono

  14-06-2026 15:54 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Stage 2 recapTodd Gilliland stretched his fuel tank over the final 44 laps of the frame to win Stage 2 of Sunday‘s NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono (live on Prime Video). It was his first career stage win.Chase Briscoe finished second, followed by John Hunter Nemechek, Erik Jones and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. to complete the top five. Ross Chastain, Carson Hocevar, Daniel Suárez, Denny Hamlin and Chase Elliott completed the top 10.RELATED: Live leaderboard | At-track photos: PoconoAfter s
  
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• Tony Stewart Facing Calls To Apologize For 'Offensive' Remarks

  14-06-2026 14:41 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Legendary NASCAR driver Tony Stewart went on a controversial rant regarding the death of Kyle Busch.Busch, 41, died last month. He died as a result of complications from pneumonia and sepsis. He was rushed to the hospital one night and died the next day, in late May.NASCAR fans have been remembering Busch and posting their condolences to his family and friends. Busch leaves behind his wife, Samantha, and their two children. It's an incredibly sad and devastating story.But Stewart had a different
  
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• What channel is NASCAR on today? TV schedule, start time, live stream for 2026 Pocono race

  14-06-2026 13:46 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  What channel is NASCAR on today? TV schedule, start time, live stream for 2026 Pocono race originally appeared on The Sporting News.Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.After a thrilling race in Michigan last weekend, the NASCAR Cup Series will now head further east for the Great American Getaway 400 taking place in Pennsylvania this weekend.Denny Hamlin is officially on a roll, dating all the way back to the All-Star race last month at Dover. The veteran driver has won t
  
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• Former Cup Driver Takes a Sly Dig at NASCAR Community’s Blatant Ignorance Amid Christopher Bell Scare

  14-06-2026 13:45 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  After Mike Forde, NASCAR VP of racing communications, confirmed Christopher Bell’s Michigan wreck as one of the hardest impacts of the Next Gen era, NASCAR fans quickly started circulating lists ranking the biggest G-force crashes in history. But while everyone focused on the names at the top, one former Cup driver quietly pointed out something uncomfortable. It so happens that some of the sport’s most violent hits never become headline moments. In fact, he experienced one himself, a
  
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• NASCAR AT POCONO: Allgaier wins O’Reilly Series MillerTech Battery 250

  14-06-2026 05:59 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  LONG POND — Pocono Raceway helped save Justin Allgaier’s career.It was August 2008. His family-owned team was running out of money and sponsorship and maybe had a few races left. Then, he came to Pocono, won the ARCA Series race and met someone from Team Penske on the same day. It all helped lead to a job opportunity in NASCAR.Every time he came back to Pocono thereafter, he wasn’t able to get back to Victory Lane. Until Saturday.Allgaier took the checkered flag in the O’
  
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• Allgaier Aging Like Fine Wine, Takes Fifth Win Of O'Reilly Season

  14-06-2026 02:27 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Justin Allgaier celebrates a win in the MillerTech Battery 250 at Pocono Raceway. | James Gilbert/Getty ImagesFather time may be undefeated in sports, but two NASCAR National Series drivers are giving him a hell of a run for his money this season.Denny Hamlin, who took the pole for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series event at Pocono Raceway on Saturday, and Justin Allgaier, who claimed his fifth victory of the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series season, are pushing past the expected performance dip from dr
  
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• NASCAR AT POCONO: McDowell hopes to add to Spire Motorsports’ recent success

  14-06-2026 02:01 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  LONG POND — It has been a breakout season for Spire Motorsports in the NASCAR Cup Series.First, Carson Hocevar scored his first career series win at Talladega in April in the No. 77 Chevrolet. Then, three weeks ago at Charlotte, Daniel Suarez posted an emotional victory in the No. 7 Chevrolet just days after the stunning death of Kyle Busch.“It’s incredible to see,” said Michael McDowell, the team’s third driver. “I think we all knew it was coming. Maybe not e
  
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• NASCAR AT POCONO: Hamlin wins pole for Great American Getaway 400

  14-06-2026 02:01 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  LONG POND — In 2006, Denny Hamlin showed up at Pocono Raceway for the first time and swept the pole and the checkered flag in both races.Twenty years later, Hamlin still gets it done at Pocono.The veteran driver captured the pole for The Great American Getaway 400 Presented by VISITPA on Saturday. Hamlin drove his No. 11 Toyota around the 2.5-mile triangular track in 54.686 seconds at 164.576 mph.“I didn’t like the prospects because the track got so hot,” Hamlin said. &ld
  
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• Justin Allgaier earns NASCAR O'Reilly win at Pocono over Brent Crews

  14-06-2026 01:08 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoJustin Allgaier claimed his fifth victory of the 2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series season at Pocono Raceway, further cementing himself atop the championship standings as the two drivers closest to him crashed on the opening lap.This is the 33rd win of Allgaier's career, and he now has a massive 250-point lead in the championship."First of all, huge thank you to William Byron," said Allgaier after climbing from the No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet. "Without his shove at the end
  
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• Who won NASCAR O'Reilly Series Pocono race? Winner is Justin Allgaier, plus full results

  14-06-2026 01:04 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Justin Allgaier outlasted Sam Mayer and the rest of the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series field on a final restart to win the MillerTech Battery 250 on June 13 at Pocono Raceway.Allgaier and Sam Mayer spent the final 50 laps of the race trading the lead, but Mayer's chances to win ended on that final restart when teammate Sheldon Creed took Mayer three-wide, then got tight after clearing Mayer into turn 1 to stall any progress.Brent Crews beat William Byron to the finish line to grab 2nd, with M
  
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• Pocono NASCAR race starts with title contenders in the wall

  13-06-2026 23:59 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoSaturday's NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race got off to a dramatic start. Exiting Turn 1, Corey Day was running 13th when he got sideways.He spun down the track, crossing paths with Jesse Love, who slammed into the side of him. Day's car continued to spin down into the inside wall, destroying his No. 17 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet.Love's No. 2 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet suffered significant nose damage, and was also unable to continue. .@corey_day_ goes aroun
  
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• Corey Day and Jesse Love eliminated in clumsy Lap 1, Turn 1 NASCAR O'Reilly crash

  13-06-2026 23:59 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoSaturday's NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race got off to a dramatic start. Exiting Turn 1, Corey Day was running 13th when he got sideways.He spun down the track, crossing paths with Jesse Love, who slammed into the side of him. Day's car continued to spin down into the inside wall, destroying his No. 17 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet.Love's No. 2 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet suffered significant nose damage, and was also unable to continue. .@corey_day_ goes aroun
  
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• Kyle Larson’s Team Hit With Penalties After Pocono Inspection Trouble

  13-06-2026 23:14 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Before a single qualifying lap was turned Saturday at Pocono Raceway, two NASCAR Cup Series teams were already facing penalties.The No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet of Kyle Larson and the No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet driven by Daniel Dye both failed NASCAR inspection twice ahead of practice and qualifying. While each car eventually passed on its third attempt, the repeated failures still carried consequences.NASCAR penalized both teams Saturday, stripping them of pit stall selectio
  
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• What to Watch: Pocono opens summer stretch filled with variety

  13-06-2026 22:15 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Track: Pocono Raceway
  Location: Long Pond, Pa.
  Track length: 2.5 miles
  When: 1 p.m. ET
  Where to tune in: Prime Video, HBO Max, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
  Race purse: $11,233,037
  Race distance: 160 laps | 400 miles
  Segments: 30 | 95 | 160
  Sunday’s starting lineup| Cup Series pit stall assignmentsPoints battle tightening up with tricky tests aheadPocono Raceway’s three unique corners offer one of the biggest annual tests on the Cup Series schedule. This season, Pocono begins
  
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• Sunday Setup: Pocono presents strategy options but demands attention to detail

  13-06-2026 22:13 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  LONG POND, Pa. — The tricky confines of Pocono Raceway have a habit of favoring fuel strategy in NASCAR Cup Series races.Crew chiefs are trying to ensure they won’t get fooled again.MORE: Updated Pocono schedulePaul Wolfe, three-time champion crew chief of the No. 22 Team Penske Ford and driver Joey Logano, emphasized Saturday that strategy will be at the forefront of his and every other crew chief’s mind in Sunday’s race at Pocono (1 p.m. ET, Prime Video, HBO Max, MRN Ra
  
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• Denny Hamlin will start his three-peat bid from the pole at Pocono Raceway

  13-06-2026 21:58 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — Denny Hamlin will start his third consecutive NASCAR Cup Series race from the pole after qualifying in the top spot at Pocono Raceway on Saturday.Hamlin, who is trying to win his third consecutive race, covered the “Tricky Triangle” in 51.948 seconds during qualifying and averaged 173.250 mph around the 2 1/2-mile track.It’s Hamlin’s third pole of the season and the sixth of his career at Pocono, where he’s enjoyed more success than any C
  
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• Pocono Cup Series Starting Lineup: Where Every Driver Will Start Sunday

  13-06-2026 21:46 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup is set for Sunday’s race at Pocono Raceway, and Denny Hamlin will lead the field to green.Hamlin won the pole for the Great American Getaway 400 presented by VisitPA.com, putting the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota on the front row at one of his best tracks. Kyle Larson will start second, giving Sunday’s race a heavyweight front row at the Tricky Triangle.Pocono qualifying matters. The 2.5-mile track is unlike anything else on the NASCAR schedule,
  
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• Hamlin Continues Dominant Stretch With NASCAR Cup Pole At Pocono

  13-06-2026 21:41 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Jun 13, 2026; Long Pond, Pennsylvania, USA; NASCAR Cup Series driver Denny Hamlin (11) during practice and qualifying for The Great American Getaway 400 at Pocono Raceway. | Matthew O'Haren-Imagn ImagesDenny Hamlin and his No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing team clearly have it all figured out right now. After another pole-winning run on Saturday at Pocono Raceway, Hamlin is set to be credited with a P1 starting position for the third consecutive race.Now, the driver who worked himself into the 50 pole/50
  
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• NASCAR Cup Pocono starting lineup: Denny Hamlin earns pole as Wallace, Hocevar spin

  13-06-2026 21:27 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoThere's just no stopping the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota of Denny Hamlin right now, who snagged pole position for this weekend's NASCAR Cup race at Pocono Raceway.  He was the only driver to break into the 51-second bracket with a fast lap of 51.948s.This is Hamlin's 51st career pole and his sixth at Pocono. He will be joined on the front row by Kyle Larson in the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, who fell 0.055s short of P1."(Because of) the sun, the track heated up
  
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• Drivers proud of NASCAR safety initiatives after Christopher Bell crash

  13-06-2026 21:26 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoChase Briscoe took a look at what was left of the crashed Christopher Bell car on Monday at the Joe Gibbs Racing facility and was ‘blown away’ by it.The impact was the worst since this car’s debut in 2022 and at least a decade. And while it left Bell with a fractured left wrist, one he will attempt to race through, it had the appearance of something that could have been much worse.Bell revealed that the impact recorded 63Gs but didn’t know, nor care to kno
  
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• NASCAR Starting Lineup Pocono: Great American Getaway 400 Lineup, Cup Series Qualifying Results

  13-06-2026 21:08 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  While weather required the NASCAR race tomorrow to be moved up a few hours, rain wasn’t a problem for Saturday’s Cup Series qualifying at Pocono Raceway. With practice and qualifying done, the NASCAR starting lineup for Sunday’s race has been set.Let’s dive right into the NASCAR qualifying results today at Pocono. Immediately below is where you can find the Great American Getaway 400 lineup with listed qualifying times. Further below is the NASCAR starting grid for tomorr
  
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